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Rooijen, Richard van (2016)

Counter-Orientalism and the Deconstruction of Nineteenth-Century Racial Theories in Moby-Dick

Bachelor thesis | Engelse taal en cultuur (BA)
Drawing on a relatively recent trend in Melville criticism, this BA thesis gives a detailed close analysis of some passages in Moby-Dick to demonstrate Melville’s destabilisation of Orientalist stereotypes and his deconstruction of contemporary racial theories.
Moby-Dick
Orientalism
Colonialism
Melville
Imperialism
Ethnology
Author
Rooijen, Richard van
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Supervisors
Kardux, J.C.
ECTS Credits
10
Language
en